Doorman

Police arrested two men on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after a doorman was shot in the leg during a scuffle at Kiss The Club in the 2200 block of Newport Boulevard early Wednesday, police said. Tong Thanh Lam, 26, of Signal Hill and Tran Khon Tran, 20, of Huntington Beach were arrested at 1 a.m. after battling doormen at the club with bottles and chairs when they were told to leave for creating a disturbance, Lt. Cliff McBride said.

The doorman cannot contain his excitement. Reading through the New York Post, he has found one of his tenants mentioned in a gossip column. "Oh, Mr. Ellis!" the doorman calls out to a chubby-cheeked young man who looks like a worn-out altar boy in his navy blazer and conservative tie. "You're in the papers again!" Bret Easton Ellis looks slightly embarrassed and breaks out in a nervous blush.

A four-man team of bandits, two carrying Uzi submachine guns, robbed a jewelry shop in the luxurious Beverly Wilshire Hotel today of an estimated $250,000 in jewels, firing one warning shot in the lobby and a second at a former policeman who ran after them as they made their getaway. No hotel or store patrons were hurt, but one of the robbers apparently cut himself badly when he smashed a display case to grab the loot.